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Passage Lookup: Matthew 12:1-8
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8 verses
New International Version (1984 Edition)
Matthew 12:1
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At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them.
Matthew 12:2
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When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, "Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath."
Matthew 12:3
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He answered, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
Matthew 12:4
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He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests.
Matthew 12:5
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Or haven't you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple desecrate the day and yet are innocent?
Matthew 12:6
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I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.
Matthew 12:7
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If you had known what these words mean, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent.
Matthew 12:8
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For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
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